Antifriction-bearing.



PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

V. L. RICE. ANTIPRIGTION BEARING.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3- 1904.

2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

Minesses PATENTED FEB. 2'7, 1906.

v. L. 105. ANTIFRIGTION BEARING.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3. 1904.

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v ETTs L. RICE, or NEW YORK, N. Y. ANTlFRlCTlON-BEARING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Application filed November 8, 1904. Serial No. 231,223.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VIETTs LYSANDER RICE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, in the, 'county and State of New York, now temporarily residing at the city of Toronto, in the county of York and Province of Ontario,

Canada, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Antifriction-Bearings;'

and I ereby declare that the following is a the same. This inventionrelates, primarily, to an antifriction-bearing comprising an annular set of bearin -rollers having central longitudinal bores wit conical recesses at the ends thereof maintained in their annular formation by cage-rings tied together by bolts of less diameter than and assing throu h the longituiie bearin -rollers, antifriction-cones on the inner .si es of the annular cage-rings to enter the conical recesses in the bearing-rollers, said cones being so positioned that the bearing-rollers may move for a limited distance in both directions between them, two concentric bearing parts contacting with the bearing-rollers, unoccupied. an-

nular recesses at the ends of the bearing parts whereby'the length of their operative surfaces is less than the length of the o erative surfaces of the bearing-rollers, and imiting means at the ends of the bearing parts between which the bearing-rollers may move back and forth across said recesses.

A further feature of the invention is to hold the bearing-rollers evenly spaced under all conditions of load by providing the cagerlngs with spacin -cones to contact the ends 'of the bearing-r0 lers, and thus equalize the load upon them.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to the following description and to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is an end elevation of the journalboX with the outer end cover partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same,

' partly in section, showing the antifrictionearing and internal construction of the component parts of the journal-box. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of two bearing-rollers, showing a portion of the cage-rings, antifrictioncones, and spacing-cones. Fig. 4 is a section al view through one of the bearing-rollers, tie-bolt, antifriction-cones, and a portion of the cage-rings.

sleeve (:1 is an annular shoulder g to contact with the inner end of the journal bearing part b, and removably fitted on the axle a at the outer end of the journal 6 isa collari. to engage the outer end of the emergency-sleeve d and journal bearing part it and revolubly hold the emergency-sleeve din position upon the journal between itself and the fixed collar c, and the journal bearing part h in position between itself and the annular shoulder g of the emergency-sleeve. Encircling the 'o'urnal bearing part his a set of antifriction caring-rollers y, retained between two cagerings k. Attached to the inner faces of the cage-rings are a series of antifriction-cones l to enter the concaved ends m of the anti-- friction bearing-rollers 1', there being sufficient space between the antifriction-cones and the contacting faces of the concaved ends to allow of a limited longitudinal movement of the antifriction bearing-rollers between the cage-rings to prevent the bearingrollers binding against the antifriction-cones and to enable the lubricant to enter the concaved ends as the bearing-rollers move longitudinally on the antifriction-cones. Each 'antifriction-roller has a central longitudinal bore 0 for its respective tie-bolt p, the bore 0 being of slightly greater diameter than the bolt, so that there will be no contact between them. The ends of each bolt 1) are of less diameter than the body portion and pass centrally. through the antifriction-cones Z and throughthe cage-rings 7c, on the outer faces of which they are fitted with lock-nuts q.

The tie-bolts p for each set of bearing-rollers are all of the same length, and the bolt-apertures r in thecage-rings k are evenly spaced, so that when the parts are assembled the tiebolts will hold the cage-rings propcrly spaced and each pair of antifriction-com-es properly alined to maintain the correct alinement of the. bearing-rollers, the longitudinal movement of the antifriction-cones upon the tie-bolts being prevented by their contact with the cage-rings and with the shoulders .sat the .dinal movement of the bearing-rollers.

junctions of the reduced ends with the body portion of the bolts.

Encircling the antifriction bearing-rollers j is the journal-box bearing part t, having at each end of its bearing-surface unoccupied annular recesses u, correspondin with similar recesses 11. at the ends of the earing-surface of the journal bearing part it to render the 0 erative surfaces of the bearing parts less t an the operative surfaces of the antifriction bearing-rollers, so that there will be no contact of the ends of the bearing-rollers with the bearing-surfaces. At the ends of the journal-box bearing part 15 are arresting-rings 1), having beveled faces 10 .to contact the beveled ends a: of the bearing-rollers during their longitudinal movement upon the journal, the distance between the beveled faces of the arresting-rings being greater than the extreme length of the bearing-rollers, so that the set of bearin -rollers may creep longitudinally in either irection across said recesses until their beveled ends come into contact with the beveled faces of the arrestingrings, which act as limitations for the longiigry permitting the bearing-rollers to move longitudinally between the arresting-rings the possibility of the bearin -rollers binding against them is obviated, an the free rotation of the bearing rollers collectively with the cagerings around the journal is insured, as well as the free rotation of each bearing-roller between its antifriction-cones. At the inner end of the journal is a retaining-ring y, abutting against the inner arresting-ring v to hold the inner arresting-ring in position against the j ournal-boxbearing part t, and contacting the retaining-ring y is t e inner end cover 2, having flan es 0' with bolt-holes b alining with slmilar bolt-holes in the flanges a." of the outer end cover 0', and formed in the inner face of the inner end cover 2 is a chamber (1 for the reception of the dust-excluding washers 0, held within the chamber by the retaining-ring and the shell of the inner end cover. The inner face of the outer end cover 0 has an internal annular fiangef to enga e the outer face of the outer arresting-ring v or the purpose of holding the journal-box beari part t properly positioned to contact with t 'e anti riction bearing-rollers. Inclosing the journal-box bearing part t and the arresting and retaining rings and a portion of the outer surfaces of the inner and outer end covers is the body portion g of the j ournal-box, and DIO- jecting from the outer surfaces of the inner and outer end covers are flanges h and 'i respectively, to contact the ends of the body portion g and securely hold it in position as a component part ofthe journal-box. When the arts of the journal-box are assembled, the iiolt-holes b in the outer and inner end covers are alined, and passing through these bolt-holes are fastening-bolts j', fitte'd with nuts k to engage the outer faces of the flanges i a a and lock the inner and outer end covers a ainst the ends of the body portion g to rigidly hold the component parts of the antifriction-bearing in t eir relative positions. In the center of the inner face of the outer end cover is an end-thrust member consistin of an antifriction-block l, opposed to the on of the shaft or axle a to receive the impact of the axle durin its end-thrust movement for the purpose of relieving the arresting-ringsand caring-rollers of the wear which would otherwise be occasioned.

To equalize the load upon the bearing-rollers, the cage-rings intermediate the bearingcones are provided with spacing-cones m to contact the beveledfaces of the bearing-rollers, so that the load upon any one of the bearing-rollers may be evenly distributed to the remaining bearing-rollers, and to maintain these spacing-cones 1n position each spacingcone has projecting from its outer face a stud 0 to enter a corresponding aperture p in the adjacent face of its respective cage-ring.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An antifriction-bearing comprising an annular set of bearing-rollers, two concentric bearing parts contacting with the bearingrollers, said bearing parts having unoccupied annular recesses at their ends, whereby the length of the operative surfaces of said hearing parts is less than the length of the operative surfaces of the hearing-rollers, and limiting means at the ends of the bearing parts, between which the bearin -r'ollers-may move back and forth across sai recesses.

2. An antifriction-bearing comprising an annular set of bearing-rollers, having central lon itudinal bores with conical recesses at the en s thereof, cage-rings at the ends of the bearing rollers, bolts passing throu h the longitudinal bores of t e bearing-rel ers to fasten the ca e-rings together, antifrictioncones on the olts on the inner sides of the cage-rings to enter the conical recesses of the .bearin -rollers and between which the bearing-rol ers may individually move back and forth, two concentric bearing arts contacting with bearing-rollers, said caring parts having unoccu ied annular recesses at their ends whereb t e length of the operative surfaces of said caring arts is less than the operative surfaces of t e bearin -rol'lers, and limiting means at the ends 0 the bearing parts between-which the bearin '-rollers may move back and forth across sai recesses.

3. An antifriction-bearingcomprising an annular set of bearing-rollers, having beveled ends and central longitudinal bores with conical recesses at'the ends thereof, cage-rings at the ends of the bearing-rollers, bolts passing through the'bor'es of the bearing-r0 lers to fasten the cage-ringstogether, antifi ictioncones on the bolts on the inner sides of the cage-rings to enter the conical recesses of the bearin -rollers and between which the bearing-r01 ers may individually move back and forth, two concentric bearing parts contacting with the bearing-rollers, said bearing parts having unoccu ied annular recesses at their ends whereby t e length of the operative surfaces of said bearing parts is less than the length of the operative surfaces of the bearing-rollers, and arresting-rings at the ends of the bearing arts having beveled faces to contact with tlie beveled ends of the bearin ing-r01 ers may move back and forth across said recesses.

4. An antifriction-bearing comprising two concentric bearing parts, bearing-rollers having beveled ends interposed between the bearing parts, said bearing-rollers having central conical recesses in their ends, cage-rings at the ends of the bearing-rollers, antifrictioncones connected to the cage-rings to enter said conical recesses, and spacin -cones connected to the cage-rings interme iate the 'antifriction-cones to ccntact with the beveled ends of the bearing-rollers.

5. An antifriction-bearing comprising an annular set of bearing-rollers havin beveled ends, cage-rings for the bearing-r0 lers and spacing-cones connected to the cage-rings to en age with the beveled ends of the bearingrol ers.

6. An antifriction-bearing comprising an annular set of bearing-rollers having beveled -rollers, and between which the bearends, concentric annular tacting with the bearing-rollers, ca e-rings to maintain the annular formation 0 the bearing-rollers, spacing-cones connected to the cage-rings to contact with the beveled ends of the bearing-rollers, annular arresting-rings at the ends of the bearing parts having beveled faces to en age with the beveled ends of the bearin JolFers, and between which the bearing-rollers are collectively movable back and forth.

7. An antifriction-bearing comprising an annular set of bearing-rollers having beveled ends and central longitudinal bores with conical recesses at the ends thereof, ca e-rings, bolts assing through the bores of t e bear ing-r0 lers to tie the cage-rings together, antifriction-cones on the bolts to enter the con ical recesses of the bearing-rollers and so positioned as to allow the bearing-rollers to mdividually move back and forth between them, spacing-cones connected to the cage-rings to contact the beveled ends of the bearing-rollers, annular bearing arts contacting with the bearing-rollers, and arresting-rings at the ends of the bearing arts having beveled faces to contact with tfie beveled ends of the bearin -rollers and between which the bear- ?g-fiollers are collectively movable back and ort Toronto, October 26, 1904.

VIETTS L. RICE. In presence of O. H. R onns, H. L. TRIMBLE.

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